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Neighborhood · Ranked #50,654 of 84,120 nationally

Old Town Florissant Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 29189211001 · St. Louis County, MO · pop 4,753 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi

29189211001 is a census tract in the Old Town Florissant area of Florissant, MO. It scores 3.9/10 for landlords. It is home to 4,753 residents. 15% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well under the St. Louis County average of 42.0%.

Risk score
3.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4% Stable renters 22% Owners 74%
Tract context
Occupied units1,805
Renter share25.9%
SVI overall0.62
Poverty rate6.1%
Median income$70,590

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
25 th percentile
Rank, 25th percentileLowHigh
#7 of 9 tracts In Old Town Florissant
Low
Within parent city
29 th percentile
Rank, 29th percentileLowHigh
#11 of 15 tracts In Florissant
Low
Within county
58 th percentile
Rank, 58th percentileLowHigh
#99 of 236 tracts In St. Louis County
Elevated
Within state
61 th percentile
Rank, 61st percentileLowHigh
#640 of 1,654 tracts In Missouri
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Florissant and the region

Centroid at 38.7996, -90.3044 · click any tract to drill in

Why Old Town Florissant scores 3.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Florissant
8.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.2
State political climate
Missouri legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
6.1% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
$1,152 rent vs county FMR
4.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Florissant
5.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Florissant
7.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Florissant
5.3

How Old Town Florissant compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Old Town Florissant risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.9This tracttract 2110013.8Florissantparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 62

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

Eviction filings

Court-record eviction history

Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 578Total filings 2020-21
  • 7.5Avg monthly (observed)
  • 4.9Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.53×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Southwest Oregon, OR as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Old Town Florissant. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

CDC PLACES 2023 · health & economic stress

Eviction-adjacent indicators

Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Old Town Florissant

The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 8.5/10. Running hot, local political climate reads 8.5/10.

Running cool, economic stress reads 1.5/10. 15% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Average gross rent is $1,152, 11% below the Florissant average.

That is riskier than roughly 40% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 6.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. It tracks the St. Louis County average of 4.0 closely.

Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $70,590. 26% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 29189211001

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 29189211001?

Census tract 29189211001 in the Old Town Florissant neighborhood scores 3.9/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 29189211001?

Median gross rent is $1,152/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 15% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 29189211001?

6.1% of residents in tract 29189211001 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,753.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 29189211001?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 62th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 51th, household 67th, minority 75th, housing 54th.
Q5

Is tract 29189211001 considered part of Old Town Florissant?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 29189211001 fall within Old Town Florissant (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 29189211001 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.53× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Southwest Oregon eviction laws, OR), 2020-2021.
Q7

What share of households in tract 29189211001 struggle to pay rent?

About 17.4% of adults in this tract reported housing insecurity (could not pay rent or mortgage in the past 12 months), per the CDC PLACES 2023 model-based small-area estimate. 12.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 29189211001 compare to Florissant overall?

Tract 29189211001 scores 3.9/10, right in line with the parent city of Florissant at 3.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Florissant eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Florissant

Top eight tracts in Florissant ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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